(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded press agencies and journalists for their contribution to Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day, June 21.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 47 new Covid-19 patients Monday morning, with most recorded in Ho Chi Minh City with 33 cases. To date, Vietnam has recorded a total of 13,258 cases.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Sunday that Vietnam’s revolutionary press has been associated with national defense and development, and the mission of journalists is meaningful, proud, and glorious but also extremely arduous.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health announced 94 more COVID-19 community transmissions in Vietnam Sunday evening, raising the country’s total count during the day to 300.

(VOVWORLD) - HCM city on Sunday began stricter social distancing measures against COVID-19 by banning gatherings of more than three people and requesting people to maintain a minimum distance of 1.5 metre in public places.

(VOVWORLD) - A flight transporting 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm, China, landed at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 2 new deaths from COVID-19-related complications, raising the pandemic death toll in the country to 66.

(VOVWORLD) - Residents of Spijkenisse city in the Netherlands were invited to taste Vietnamese lychees on Saturday at Thanh Hung supermarket.

(VOVWORLD) - Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline head of Iran’s judiciary, has won the country’s presidential election after preliminary results showed that he secured 62 % of the votes, much more than his nearest rival.

(VOVWORLD) -Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has decided to cancel all public viewing sites for the summer Olympics, diverting some venues to be COVID-19 vaccination centres instead.